TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY - MARCH 4TH

1888 - Knute Rockne, Norwegian/US football player/coach (Notre Dame) is born.

1897 - Francis "Lefty" O'Doul, baseball player/organized Japanese baseball is born.

1913 - NY Yankees are 1st to train outside US (Bermuda).

1918 - Margaret Osborne DuPont, Joseph Oregon,

tennis pro (US Open 1948-50), (d. 2012) is born.

1941 - NHL Chicago goalie Samuel LoPresti stops record 80 of 83 Boston shots.

1961 - Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini, boxer (killed a boxer in the ring) is born.

1968 - Joe Frazier TKOs Buster Mathis in 11 for Heavyweight boxing title.
1970 - Jacksonville is 1st college basketball team to avg 100+ pts per game.

1976 - SF Giants are bought for $8 million by Bob Lurie & Bud Herseth.

1982 - Landon Donovan, American soccer player is born.

1984 - Pee Wee Reese & Rick Ferrell elected to Baseball's Hall of Fame.

1995 - George Foreman loses WBA boxing title, refusing to fight Tony Tucker.
1995 - Replacement NY Yankees beat NY Mets 2-1.

2009 - George McAfee, former American football player (b. 1918) dies.